I like to watch YouTube videos like those of Adam Neely [1].
Rant: I imagine reading a novel, in which every paragraph came with an additional author note/explanation of the actual meaning. Clearly leaving room for interpretation and ambiguity is part of the enjoyment of reading or even writing that book.
This is to say, if we are going to make music, we don't necessarily need to constraint it to any particular theory or rules on how it should sound, which chord should come after the previous, etc.
On the other hand, some theory can go a long way in making the music understandable, like sharing a language with the listeners, and to collaborate with other musicians. It is a balancing act.
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I like to watch YouTube videos like those of Adam Neely [1].
Rant: I imagine reading a novel, in which every paragraph came with an additional author note/explanation of the actual meaning. Clearly leaving room for interpretation and ambiguity is part of the enjoyment of reading or even writing that book.
This is to say, if we are going to make music, we don't necessarily need to constraint it to any particular theory or rules on how it should sound, which chord should come after the previous, etc.
On the other hand, some theory can go a long way in making the music understandable, like sharing a language with the listeners, and to collaborate with other musicians. It is a balancing act.
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1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=siHfCV6vuSc